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saṅgāravassa

saṅgārava

masc dat sg of saṅgārava (noun); masc gen sg of saṅgārava (noun)

1. name of a Brahman

Built from

• saṅ — prefix · together
  Cognate with Latin con- and English same; gathers elements into one collective sense.
• gārava — stem · respect, reverence
  From √gṝ 'to praise, honor'; the concrete sense is something held high and honored.

Etymology. A proper name; saṅ- (together) + gārava (respect, reverence), thus 'one gathered in respect' or 'one who gathers respect'. Gārava derives from √gṝ 'to praise, honor', cognate with Sanskrit gṝṇāti and Greek geranos (crane, a reverenced bird).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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